Black Kenneth Cole

For Women

Eau de Parfum

Year: 2004

Black by Kenneth Cole is a Floral fragrance for women.

Best match: Evening, Special Occasion wear in Spring, Summer
Performance feel: Good longevity with Moderate sillage
Signature profile: white floral, floral, powdery with Violet, Citruses, White Flowers

white floral floral powdery

The first impression

Black by Kenneth Cole is a Floral fragrance for women. Black was launched in 2004. The nose behind this fragrance is Amandine Clerc-Marie. Top notes are Violet and Citruses; middle notes are White Flowers, Tuberose, Jasmine, Hiacynth, Magnolia, Lily-of-the-Valley, Lotus, Ylang-Ylang and Iris; base notes are Musk, Sandalwood and Amber.

What shapes the scent

white floral 100%

floral 85%

powdery 70%

tuberose 60%

green 50%

animalic 40%

fresh 35%

woody 30%

The perfumer behind it

Amandine Clerc-Marie

Amandine Clerc-Marie is a French perfumer who trained at Givaudan and now works as a senior perfumer at Symrise. Her style often balances fresh, transparent accords with soft floral or citrus notes, creating versatile and wearable compositions. She is known for developing Angel Schlesser Pour Elle and its flankers, as well as the fruity-floral Scent Of Kiss My Heart for Armand Basi.

Notes pyramid

Violet

Citruses

White Flowers

Tuberose

Jasmine

Hiacynth

Magnolia

Lily-of-the-Valley

Lotus

Ylang-Ylang

Iris

Musk

Sandalwood

Amber

The mood it creates

At a glance

The Mystic archetype

Intuition, depth, and inward gravity

The Mystic moves through the world with an otherworldly grace, and Black Kenneth Cole captures this ethereal duality.
Style: They drape themselves in flowing fabrics-midnight-blue silks, charcoal-gray cashmere-that catch the light like moonlit water.
Values: They believe in the unseen, the spaces between words and the silence beneath music.
Social life: They draw people who crave depth, though few truly understand them.

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The Mystic Archetype: Portrait of Black Kenneth Cole

Essence

The Mystic moves through the world with an otherworldly grace, and Black Kenneth Cole captures this ethereal duality. Violet and citruses open like a veil parting, revealing a heart of tuberose, jasmine, and iris-notes that shimmer with celestial intensity. The base of musk and sandalwood grounds the fragrance, as if the Mystic’s visions are anchored in earthly wisdom.

Style & Aesthetic

They drape themselves in flowing fabrics-midnight-blue silks, charcoal-gray cashmere-that catch the light like moonlit water. Their jewelry is minimal but meaningful: a single silver ring, a pendant with an obscure symbol. Their home is a sanctuary of soft textures and candlelight, where shadows dance on white walls.

Philosophy & Values

They believe in the unseen, the spaces between words and the silence beneath music. The Mystic values intuition above all, trusting the pull of a scent memory or the weight of a dream. They see the divine in the ordinary: the spiral of steam from a teacup, the way dust motes swirl in a sunbeam.

Relationships

They draw people who crave depth, though few truly understand them. Their love language is symbolic-a pressed flower, a handwritten verse. Romantic partners are either captivated by their enigmatic aura or frustrated by their emotional elusiveness.

Lifestyle

Their days are punctuated by small rituals: morning meditation, evening tarot pulls. They prefer the quiet hours-late nights or predawn-when the world feels porous. A journal sits by their bedside, filled with fragments of poetry and sketches of half-remembered dreams.

Shadow

They risk becoming untethered, lost in their own symbolism. The fragrance’s animalic musk warns against retreating too far into the abstract, reminding them to touch the earth now and then.

Conclusion

Black Kenneth Cole is the scent of a soul who walks the line between realms, trailing white flowers and incense smoke-a reminder that mystery is not something to solve, but to inhabit.

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The first impression

What shapes the scent